Push Hand Basic Courses

PushHands
There are five methods of push hands and the eight enegies of push hands (Tui Shou) in the Chen Family Taijiquan.

peng – ward off

lu – roll back

ji – press

an – push

tsai – pluck

lieh – split

zhou – elbow

kao – shoulder

Push hands should be done when practitioners are ready, which means that the forms of Chen Taiquan have to be proper and accurate determined by a teacher.
The main goal is to testify knowledge of alignment, relaxation, flexibility and change against force. Finally, practitioners will understand how to utilize the form as self defense.